Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history.
Giorgio Armani
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The best time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining
John F. Kennedy
Copy is a direct conversation with a consumer
Shirley Polykoff, copywriter (H/T Vikki Ross)
A vocal minority does not reflect the silent majority
“Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field.”
Edmund Burke – 18th century English philosopher
A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.
Peggy Noonan – President Reagan’s primary speechwriter
People don’t want products. They want solutions to their problems.
Peter Drucker, management guru
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward, writer
There is no science in creativity. If you don’t give yourself room to fail, you won’t innovate.
Bob Iger, Chairman – Disney
All else being equal, people do business with people they like
Jeffrey Gitomer, author – The Little Red Book of Selling
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